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♀ Libby Davies
aliasLibby Davies
Record
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☆   Bisexual (openly)
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 6 0 6
Birth 27 February 1953
Age 71 years + 2 months
First mandate 2 June 1997 → 26 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 44 years + 3 months
 
Mandate ended 8 years + 6 months ago (18 October 2015)
Special notes
None
 
Libby Davies (1953– )
© Photo 2006 Montrealais — licensed under CC BY-SA 2.5
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Davies was the NDP MP for Vancouver East from 1997 to 2015. She had had a 24-year relationship with Bruce Eriksen until he died of cancer in 1997. In 2001, she was the first female MP to reveal that she was in a same-sex relationship. During the 2005 debate on same-sex marriage in Canada, Conservative MP Jason Kenney cited her prior relationship with Eriksen as proof that marriage law does not discriminate against LGBT individuals since a gay person can marry a member of the opposite sex. Joining other commentators, Davies, who had never been formally married to Eriksen, criticized Kenney for playing politics with other parliamentarians' personal lives.
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
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Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve ✗
Mun./Co. Council Vancouver, British Columbia (1982–1993)
School Board ✗
Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 18 4 10

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
6 documented challengers
⊖ Charles R. Boylan  m 
⊕ Louis J. Lesosky  m 
⊕ Anna M. Terrana  f 
 		 ⊕ Kimball M. Cariou  m 
⊕ Stuart Parker  m 
⊕ Ryan Warawa  m 
 
Eligible: 59,801 Votes: 35,810 Participation: 59.88% Candidacies: 10
Federal
36		 British Columbia
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2898(F) — 10 Jan 2022 00:13 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
44
NDP
 1/10 14,961 42.25% +1,838 Loser:
LIB
 13,123 37.06% Anna M. Terrana

Service: 3 years 5 months 24 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 71,989 Votes: 40,225 Participation: 55.88% Candidacies: 10
Federal
37		 British Columbia
27 November 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2594(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
NDP
 1/10 16,818 42.28% +3,397 Loser:
LIB
 13,421 33.74% Mason Loh

Service: 3 years 7 months (Oppo.)
Eligible: 71,942 Votes: 41,839 Participation: 58.16% Candidacies: 7
Federal
38		 British Columbia
28 June 2004
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1013(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
NDP
 1/7 23,452 56.46% +12,684 Loser:
LIB
 10,768 25.93% Shirley Chan

Service: 1 year 6 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 76,678 Votes: 42,494 Participation: 55.42% Candidacies: 5
Federal
39		 British Columbia
23 January 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 946(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
NDP
 1/5 23,927 56.57% +14,020 Loser:
LIB
 9,907 23.42% David C. Haggard

Service: 2 years 8 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 77,817 Votes: 41,639 Participation: 53.51% Candidacies: 6
Federal
40		 British Columbia
14 October 2008
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 5745(F) — 2 Feb 2022 16:44 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
NDP
 1/6 22,506 54.40% +15,379 Loser:
LIB
 7,127 17.23% Ken Low

Service: 2 years 6 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 81,801 Votes: 44,513 Participation: 54.42% Candidacies: 5
Federal
41		 British Columbia
2 May 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Majority
ID: 6285(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
NDP
 1/5 27,794 62.83% +19,433 Loser:
CPC
 8,361 18.90% Irene C. Yatco

Service: 4 years 5 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 89,324 Votes: 59,113 Participation: 66.18% Candidacies: 8
Federal
42		 British Columbia
19 October 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7370(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
62		 Successor:
NDP
 29,316 49.94% Jenny W.C. Kwan

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Ms. Libby Davies, M.P.		 16 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Madame Libby Davies, députée		 16 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Libby Davies		 16 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Libby Davies		 16 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 16 Mar 2024 20:07 (but data presented dynamically)

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